"I woke up to a good atmosphere where the whole village was in celebration. I heard familiar voices of my friends saying that GiveDirectly had sent our transfer. I first thought that it was rumors spreading around. I did not waste any minute but grabbed my phone to confirm my curiosity. Indeed I could not believe that I had received my transfer. I was overwhelmed with joy and joined my friends in celebrating."

"Since my husband died five years ago,I have had to raise and educate my children on my own.I had to sell thee cow I had a few years back so that my son can complete his secondary education.This money will enable me buy a dairy cow which will provide milk for my young children as well as act as an income source.I also intend to build a better house for my family"

"I am growing older and older thus engaging in daily chores and causal jobs is becoming challenging. I had built a small house while I was still stronger. By then it was pretty and spacious enough for us but as time went by it turned smaller and older. This made it uncomfortable for us and the leaking roof made it worse to stay in. I had a plan to build a more decent house before, a dream that I never saw it coming through since my daily household needs grew higher forcing me to spend much of my wages on. I totally lost hope of building another one as I got older and accepted to stay in my pitiable conditions. When I received my transfer I felt it had dawned on my life. I no longer worry about a leaking roof. Currently, I live under a decent spacious iron-roofed house courtesy of GiveDirectly. Being able to fulfill this at my age is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"Lack of financial resources to fulfill my desire of providing quality education for children has been my biggest hardship. I am always afraid that I may fail to educate them because they are constantly out of school due to lack of fees."

"I am a shopkeeper operating a shop in the village. I have wished to own a motorbike to assist me in the transportation of stock to my shop. In addition, my husband will use it as a taxi so that he may a have a reliable source income to supplement my earnings from the shop. Therefore receiving this money means the realization of my dreams in life."

"Receiving this money means finishing my house to a standard that I desired it to be. As for now, we constructed a permanent house but we could not finish it due to the financial crisis and my plan was to spend the first transfer to do this. On the other hand, I intend to buy a 10,000 liters water storage tank to store water to use during the drought seasons and also to sell to the community in order to earn an extra income."

"A separate house for my children, a crossbreed dairy cow and renovating my house is generally what receiving this money means to me. Currently, I sleep in the same house with my four children while the other six children are seeking refuge from my uncle's house. This has never given me peace of mind and I have always wished to construct them a separate structure but due to financial challenges, this has remained unfulfilled. With the arrival of GiveDirectly, I am confident that, soon I will be able to achieve my goals. My plan is to spend 300 dollars to build the house and 250 dollars to cater for the renovation of my current house. On the other hand, I intend to spend 200 dollars on buying the dairy cow which will be my long term investment project. This will ensure better living standards of my family, a transformation that I always wish."

"Lack of a reliable source of income is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. Currently, I am a housewife and I majorly depend on my husband who is doing casual jobs. His earnings are never enough to cater for our daily needs and this has forced us to live in a structure that is not worthy to be called a house. It has been a life full of ridicule in the village."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have started paying for a business house at our trading center. I am planning to sell my cow and add money to my second transfer to complete house payment. I am currently finding hardship with my children's education. I expect to make high profits from the produce business I intend to start because the house is located in the busy place. The money I get will help me educate my children with ease."

"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because I was going to acquire what I never had like Livestock."